Kate O'Brien b. 18 October 1914

Also known as Kate O'Brien, Kath O'Brien, Kathleen O'Brien, Kathleen Mary Blanche
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Kathleen O'Brien was an illustrator and fashion artist. She studied at a Technical College and also with J.S. Watkins for three years. O'Brien's comic strip Wanda appeared in the Sunday Telegraph from early 1943 until 1951.
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Citations

  • Andersen, Hans Christian, 'Mermaid’, illustrations.

  • Handford, Nourma (c.1956), 'Carloola Backstage – A Career Novel for Girls’, Dymock’s Book Arcade, Sydney, NSW, illustrations.

  • Greenway, Ella (1950), 'Peter Cat’, Colorgravure, Melbourne, Vic, illustrations.

  • Carroll, Lewis (1943), 'Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass in Australia’, ACP (reprints 1944, 1946 and 1947), Sydney, NSW, illustrations.

  • O’Brien, Kate (c.1948), 'The Judy O’Neill Comic’, Golden Comic, J.S. Wilkinson, (Kilgour, Jack Noel – attributed).

  • (1998), 'Bonzer – Australian Comics 1900s-1990s’, Elgua Media, Melbourne, Vic (Shiell, Annette, ed.), (p.76 illustrates cover of the 1942 [1943?] Wanda the War Girl comic book).

See also

  • 'Heritage, plate 433'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage with additions

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Roles
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
  • Artist (Industrial / Product Designer)
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Other occupations
  • Fashion artist (ANZSIC code: 6924)
  • Book illustrator (ANZSIC code: 6924)
  • Commercial artist (ANZSIC code: 6924)
  • Fashion artist (ANZSIC code: 6924)
  • Book illustrator (ANZSIC code: 6924)
  • Commercial artist (ANZSIC code: 6924)
Alternative names
  • Kate O'Brien
  • Kath O'Brien
  • Kathleen O'Brien
  • Kathleen Mary Blanche
  • Kate O'Brien
  • Kath O'Brien
  • Kathleen O'Brien
  • Kathleen Mary Blanche